Well the Toronto Film Festival has ended, and though I have barely paid attention to this or Telluride it seems like I should update my Oscar predictions.
The subtitle to this post could be a Game of Thrones book, no? Well the Oscar season often feels as though you are going toe to toe with the Mountain for months on end, and right now is sort of the calm before everything begins to hit. In the next three months, we’ll be inundated with festivals, premieres and reviews so here’s some picks before that happens.
Things have changed in the Oscar race haven’t they? This is what tends to happen as contenders start announcing dates and movies get shuffled. Let’s take a gander at some new Oscar analysis shall we? –Selma has officially joined the Oscar race. I am surprised that this film, which is just finishing shooting this week
The Oscar machine can’t stop, won’t stop. I have tried to fend it off but given that Cannes ended last month and I last updated my Oscar predictions in April, it was time to illuminate you all with some new Oscar predictions and analysis. So here you go. I ranked my Oscar predictions this time
There are few villains more revered in film lore than Maleficent. She is, in my estimation, the greatest of the early Disney villains and certainly top 5 villains in their entire history. It is with that weight and history that we find ourselves begin presented with Maleficent, another in the long line of fairytale revisions.
Happy April Fools Day! Because today is a day for foolishness, what better day to do some way too early Oscar Predictions! The Oscars are one of the biggest crap shoots in terms of predicting, especially this early out so all of these Oscar predictions are in alphabetical order with the winner in bold. Last year